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Does anyone know if a 31 Prez touring car was ever produced? If so, how many? That would be my dream car if ever a car was built. Matthew (for some reason, I like those BIG convertibles, but wouldn't want to end up like a certain 29 Duesy) Burnette How about a 4 seasons roadster ? You just missed a nice one for $192,000 at auction.<g>; > Does anyone know if a 31 Prez touring car was ever produced? If so, how > many? That would be my dream car if ever a car was built. > Matthew (for some reason, I like those BIG convertibles, but wouldn't > want to end up like a certain 29 Duesy) Burnette  SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 64 T cab truck 64 R2 4 speed Challenger (Plain Wrapper) 64 Challenger (Plain Wrapper ?) 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk 63 GT Hawk 54 Starlight Or a '31 Prez coupe project?? The rarest of 'em all! JT > How about a 4 seasons roadster ? You just missed a nice one for $192,000 > at auction.<g>; [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > 63 GT Hawk > 54 Starlight JT, what's the asking price ;-) Ebon...(e-mail bonjo12 at iwon dot com) > Or a '31 Prez coupe project?? The rarest of 'em all! > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> 63 GT Hawk >> 54 Starlight $6,000,000... JT (Thinking BIG in Austin! <G>) Ebon Jones wrote: > JT, what's the asking price ;-) > Ebon...(e-mail bonjo12 at iwon dot com) [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >> 63 GT Hawk > >> 54 Starlight You got one of those??? Send me pics, and yes I would love one of them, but I like the long open cars... > Or a '31 Prez coupe project?? The rarest of 'em all! > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > 63 GT Hawk > > 54 Starlight In the March 1964 issue of Motor Trend on the article "Why Studebaker" about the shut down of South Bend, there are two great pictures. One is of a chauffer driven 31 president tourning (four door convertible) and another shot of Jack Benny in a 38 President 4 door convertible. You can occasionally find that issue on ebay for a few bucks. Bob Miles Tucson AZ You know, I just happen to have one of those! Forgot all about it. Matthew (I know it's somewhere...) Burnette > In the March 1964 issue of Motor Trend on the article "Why Studebaker" > about the shut down of South Bend, there are two great pictures. One is [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Bob Miles > Tucson AZ That's more than too much money for any car. > How about a 4 seasons roadster ? You just missed a nice one for $192,000 > at auction.<g>; [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > 63 GT Hawk > 54 Starlight Does anyone know if a 31 Prez touring car was ever produced? If so, how many? That would be my dream car if ever a car was built. Matthew (for some reason, I like those BIG convertibles, but wouldn't want to end up like a certain 29 Duesy) Burnette There are no production figures by body style for anything prior to 1934. The 1931 Presidents were offered in two wheelbases a 130" referred to as the model 80 amd a 136" referred to as the model 90. There were a total of 6391 of the former built and 2812 of the latter. The open tourings, about which you inquired, were all on the longer wheelbase (i.e. model 90's). There are four survivors. One in Europe (Germany the last time I knew), one in Pennsylvania (once belonged to the Governor of Pennsylvania, Gifford Pinchot) and two in Florida. A long term restoration is just about completed on one of the Florida cars. Of these four the highest body number is 13 though that car has a fairly low serial number. The Pinchot car has the highest serial number so as soon as I receive that body number I can probably come a little closer to providing an accurate estimate of the total number assembled. At this point I am guessing in the neighborhood of 25-30. Richard Quinn editor: Antique Studebaker Review |
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